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Wiroa Station Wine Cellar

Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully

WIROA STATION WINE CELLAR

MAP Architects

ARCHITECTS
MAP Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Brian Cully

LOCATION
Russell, New Zealand

CATEGORY
Bar, Other

Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully
Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully

Text description provided by architect.

The building is a simple viewing platform, and wine tasting room for the use of residents of a small beach side development in the far north of New Zealand.

Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully
Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully

Restricted to 25m2 due to local planning regulations, and set in to the hill side to reduce the presence on the skyline, this simple building forms a calm backdrop to the scenery, intended to enhance the enjoyment of the environment, and wine tasting.

Utilising the local vernacular of wartime coastal bunkers, the concrete wine cellar opens into a broad wedge to allow a stunning elevated vista of the Bay of Islands.

Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully
Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully
Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully


Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully
Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully
Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
© Brian Cully


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Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
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Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
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Wiroa Station Wine Cellar
Site Plan

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